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ONDC to help small retailers with modern ways of delivery: Goyal

The Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) will ensure that small retailers get an equal opportunity to engage with big firms, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Saturday.

Online shopping platforms witnessing blockbuster Holi festival sales

Meesho clocked 1.4 crore orders during Holi sale and surpassed peak Diwali demand in 2021. Holi essentials category witnessed 60 per cent traction from Tier 3+ cities, on Flipkart' Shosy

Foodie couple and an online biz delivering sweets, snacks fresh to the door

Mirchi.com serves 20,000 pin codes with a delivery model that promises to bring the delicacies to your door absolutely fresh from across mainland India within 1-3 days

Zomato, online grocery company Blinkit in talks for a merger deal

Sources say what is under discussion is a share-swap deal in which Blinkit would be valued at around $750-800 million

Traders' body calls for introducing a regulator for e-commerce sector

CAIT says currently different e-commerce entities being regulated by different entities, resulting in a piecemeal approach and causing confusion among various stakeholders

Multinational e-commerce players violating FDI rules, alleges CAIT

Few multinational e-commerce entities with heavy arsenal of funding operating in India have attempted to flout the FDI norms, said CAIT.

ONDC aims to start operations by August, launch a pilot next month

Apart from retail, network to also include food delivery, travel, tourism & wholesale trade

L&T launches B2B e-commerce platform L&T-SuFin to expand service biz

The platform is targeted at MSMEs to enable them to source their industrial supplies pan-India, digitally

E-commerce rules: Officials from DPIIT, consumer affairs to meet on Friday

As far as DPIIT's e-commerce policy is concerned, the department has circulated the latest draft policy to other government departments and ministries for consultation

Udaan extends ESOPs to all staff, removes 1-year cliff clause for vesting

All future ESOP allocations at the B2B e-commerce start-up Udaan, will vest every quarter. The one year cliff period is a widely prevalent industry practice for employees' ESOPs to start vesting.

Vaibhav Gupta's plan for Udaan's journey to IPO

The IPO of B2B e-commerce platform Udaan has the potential to impress investors. In a chat with Business Standard's Nivedita Mookerji, Udaan's CEO Vaibhav Gupta tells us about his IPO plans and more

Bizongo: B2B e-commerce start-up completes ESOP buyback worth $3.7 mn

Nearly 70 per cent of all eligible former and current employees of Bizongo opted to liquidate their ESOPs

A meaty opportunity for e-commerce industry in India amid Covid-19

Online meat and fish delivery companies see big potential in the growing consumer appetite for hygienic, home-delivered fresh produce

Singapore-based Shopee takes India's e-commerce market by storm

Becomes second-most downloaded app on Google Play; overtakes Amazon, JioMart, Myntra in daily, monthly active users

DPIIT officials, top e-tailers meet to discuss e-commerce policy

"None of the e-commerce companies refuted the charges made by the CAIT and other associations," CAIT said in an official statement

In the works: National e-commerce policy to script arm's-length rulebook

To apply to all platforms engaged in buying and selling, including social media

Govt to pilot-launch e-commerce network in two cities in April

The network is a Unified Payments Interface (UPI) equivalent but for the e-commerce space.

Offline retailers of consumer goods hit by third wave of Covid-19

Sector sees volume decline of up to 25%; e-com firms do brisk business

The human factor in retailing

Instead of focusing on livelihoods and consumers governments have been exercised over a non-issue: foreign capital

TMS Ep84: Vodafone Idea, Community buying, markets, Covid-vaccine

Why is govt stake in Voda Idea puzzling markets? Is 'community buying' key to reaching 'Bharat'? What factors will guide the markets today? What is the booster dose of Covid-vaccine? All answers here